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Meet Our Board Members
Board
members serve three-year terms and cannot be reappointed after two
consecutive full terms. Board responsibilities include: regulating
the licensure and certification process, issuing and renewing licenses
and certificates, investigating ethical complaints, approving educational
coursework, and acting as a catalyst for positive change in the
field.
Each
year, four seats on the OCDP Board are open for appointment or re-appointment.
Individuals interested in becoming a member of the OCDP Board can
submit an application to the Governor's Office ATTN: Boards &
Commissions.
Kenneth
L. Brown (Term Expiration: 12/23/10)
Kenneth
Brown is currently Director of the Clark County Municipal Court
Probation Department. He has worked in the field of community-based
corrections both in the adult and juvenile systems for the past
24 years. Kenneth holds a Bachelor Degree from Wright State University
and a Masters Degree from the University of Dayton. He is a Licensed
Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor and Licensed Social Worker.
Deborah
Chambers (ODADAS Ex-Officio Member)
Ms.
Chambers serves as the ODADAS ex-officio member.
Craig
Comedy, Treasurer (Term Expiration: 12/23/09)
John
Ellis, Education Committee Chair (Term Expiration: 12/23/10)
Mr.
Ellis is currently the Director of Program Services at the Alcohol
and Drug Addiction Services (ADAS) Board of Lorain County. He is
also adjunct faculty at Cleveland State University College of Social
Work, and a part time private practitioner. He is a Licensed Independent
Chemical Dependency Counselor and Licensed Independent Social Worker
who has been working in the Chemical Dependency field in various
direct services and administrative capacities since 1986.
Dianne
G. Fidelibus, Chair (Term Expiration: 12/23/09)
Ms.
Fidelibus is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Independent
Chemical Dependency Counselor. Ms. Fidelibus began working in the
field of chemical dependency counseling in 1979. She is currently
a full time faculty member in the Mental Health/ Chemical Dependency/Mental
Retardation Program at Columbus State Community College.
Mary
Haag (Term Expiration 12/23/10)
Mary
Haag is currently Director of Coalition Strategies for the Coalition
for a Drug-Free Greater Cincinnati. Mary is licensed as a registered
nurse, since 1975, and received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing,
with an emphasis in Business Management, in 1986. She holds an Ohio
Certified Prevention Specialist I certification and has been working
in the field of substance abuse prevention since 1995. Mary currently
serves as President of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Association
of Ohio and Vice President of the Greater Cincinnati Nutrition Council
boards.
Jessica
B. Horne, Secretary (Term Expiration: 12/23/08)
Ms.
Horne is currently the Administrative Director of the Cleveland
UMADAOP. She has worked in the field as a CD counselor since 1974.
Ms. Horne received her B.S. Degree in Political Science form Tennessee
State University and holds a LICDC and OCPS II certification.
Carolyn
S. Ireland, Ethics Committee Chair (Term Expiration: 12/23/08)
Ms.
Ireland serves as the Director of House of Hope-Outpatient. She
has eleven years of experience in the AOD field working with both
adults and adolescent populations and is licensed as an LCDC III
and LSW. Ms. Ireland is also an adjunct Faculty member at Columbus
State Community College.
Brad
Potts (Term Expiration: 12/23/08)
Brad
Potts is a Licensed Psychologist and LICDC. Mr. Potts earned his
Master's in Counselor Education from the Ohio State University and
his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Akron.
Mr. Potts has 16 years experience in the Chemical Dependency field
in inpatient, outpatient and private practice. He is currently employed
by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction as a Psychologist
Supervisor at Allen Correctional Institution.
David
Schaffer (Term Expiration: 12/23/09)
Mr.
David L. Schaffer is currently the Executive Director of the Alcohol,
Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Tuscarawas and
Carroll Counties. Mr. Schaffer holds a Bachelor Degree from Kent
State University and a Masters Degree from the University of Akron.
He is past President of the Ohio Association of County Behavioral
Health Authorities and a former faculty member of the National Drug
Court Institute, providing training on the development of drug court
programs nationally. He is also a consultant for the Drug Courts
Program Office of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Judith
Smithchild (Term Expiration 12/23/10)
Richard
Whitney, M.D., Treatment Committee Chair (Term Expiration: 12/23/08)
Dr.
Whitney serves as Medical Director of the Addiction Services at
Shepherd Hill, the Behavioral Health department of Licking Memorial
Hospital in Newark, Ohio. Dr. Whitney received a Bachelor of Science
in Zoology from Texas A&M University. He then attended the University
of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas, where he
received his Doctor of Medicine degree. He completed a residency
in Emergency Medicine in 1981, and subsequently a fellowship in
Addiction Medicine in 1991. Dr. Whitney has practiced Addiction
Medicine since that time. He joined the staff of Shepherd Hill in
August 2001. He has been certified by examination by the American
Society of Addiction Medicine, and has also been certified by the
American Academy of Pain Management and the American Board of Emergency
Medicine.
J.
Craig Wright (Term Expiration: 12/23/09)
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